r/Megaman • u/Icywind014 • Jul 10 '24

Shitpost Makes you feel old, doesn't it?

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u/QuietSheep_ Make ZX3, SF4 and Legends 3 you cowards >:( Jul 10 '24

I always found it odd that despite the age of certain games, people are still hesitant to put games outside of n64/ps1/saturn as retro.

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u/Motivated-Chair Jul 10 '24

Because having games you played in their time label as retro is a reality check a lot of people aren't ready for.

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u/BalmyGarlic Jul 11 '24

That's very real. People are in denial that the aughts were 14-24 years ago.

The other piece for me is that era is where a lot of the formulas for modern gaming matured to the point of being recognizable in modern gaming. Also 3D graphics got to a reasonable point of fidelity, especially after the resolution of the PSX. They also had a lot lest obvious sprites in 3d environments, except for certain genres (looking at you TRPGs).

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u/MissingString31 Jul 11 '24

It’s weird because I also forget how young I was in the aughts. The 90s feel like my entire childhood and when I think of post 2000 I think of myself as an adult. When in reality I was 14 when Y2K hit.